Containing Trauma - Nursing Work in the First World War (Paperback, NEW IN PAPERBACK)

In this lucid and cogently-argued book, Christine Hallett explores the nature of the practices developed by nurses and their volunteer-assistants during the First World War. She argues that nurses found meaning in their complex and stressful work by identifying it as a process of 'containing trauma'. Broad in its scope and detailed in its research, the book analyses the work of nurses from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the United States of America. It draws on highly personal writings: letters and diaries drawn from archives and libraries throughout the world. This wide-ranging book explores a range of treatment scenarios, from the Western and Eastern Fronts to the Eastern Mediterranean, Mesopotamia and India. It considers both the efforts of nurses to provide physical, emotional and moral containment to their patients, and the work they did to maintain their own physical and emotional integrity. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cultural History of Modern War
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	September 2011
Authors:	Christine Hallett
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
Edition:	NEW IN PAPERBACK
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-8596-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	0-7190-8596-9
Barcode:	9780719085963

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